Games Thursday : Zeno Clash Concepts & Screenshots
A couple of concepts for Zeno Clash, an upcoming indie FPS – fighting game hybrid by chilean developers ACE Team. I like the concept art for Father-Mother and his/her children a lot, especially straw-hatted Rimat who reminds me of those kungfu shows of old 
© ACE Team
While I’m not really an indie game advocate like good old Gnome, I’m always receptive to any FPS commercial or indie with a strong focus on melee combat (and with an intuitive control system, of course ). I haven’t encountered that many melee-oriented FPSes – I still remember early efforts like Raven’s Hexen II, Apogee/3D Realms’ Shadow Warrior and more recent games like Rune and (to a limited extent) F.E.A.R .
© ACE Team
Skulls and voodoo – Paying homage to Monolith’s infamous Blood?
© ACE Team
A fighting game, eh?
And come to think of it, there haven’t been a lot of games developed for the PC with a heavy emphasis on proper melee combat outside the FPS genre either – I’ve played older games like Psygnosis’ Ecstatica series or the hardcore melee weapon simulator Die By The Sword (now available at GOG.com) to more recent offerings like Mount & Blade (Sorry, I just had to mention it again ), Lugaru and Determinance, but that’s basically all I can think of at the moment 
© ACE Team
The surreal and wildly fantastic landscape of Zeno Clash is another definite plus too. My all-time game universe is still the one in Shiny’s underrated and unconventional RTS Sacrifice though – a world weird and incredulous yet strangely beautiful.
Check out Ace Team’s official website for Zeno Clash. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that they will release a demo once it goes gold
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